William C. Mellor
Highest Rated: 100% Make Way for Tomorrow (1937)
Lowest Rated: 43% The Greatest Story Ever Told (1965)
Birthday: Jun 29, 1903
Birthplace: Missouri, USA
Distinguished, versatile cinematographer who worked at Paramount, MGM, and Fox during a career that spanned three decades. Mellor did his best work with directors George Stevens ("A Place in the Sun" 1951) and, especially, William Wellman ("Westward the Woman" 1951, etc.). Mellor also contributed to several Anthony Mann westerns and a number of MGM musicals.
Filmography
Movies
| Credit | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 43% | 64% | The Greatest Story Ever Told | Cinematography | - | 1965 |
| 80% | 69% | Mr. Hobbs Takes a Vacation | Cinematography | - | 1962 |
| 67% | 59% | The Best of Everything | Cinematography | - | 1959 |
| No Score Yet | 20% | Woman Obsessed | Cinematography | - | 1959 |
| 65% | 73% | Peyton Place | Cinematography | - | 1957 |
| No Score Yet | 59% | Back From Eternity | Cinematography | - | 1956 |
| 88% | 87% | Giant | Cinematography | $183.9K | 1956 |
| 97% | 88% | Bad Day at Black Rock | Cinematography | - | 1955 |
| 100% | 76% | The Naked Spur | Cinematography | - | 1953 |
| No Score Yet | 54% | Carbine Williams | Cinematography | - | 1952 |
| No Score Yet | 37% | Across the Wide Missouri | Cinematography | - | 1951 |
| 81% | 84% | A Place in the Sun | Cinematography | - | 1951 |
| No Score Yet | 32% | Love Happy | Cinematography | - | 1949 |
| 88% | 49% | Wake Island | Cinematography | - | 1942 |
| 100% | 80% | The Great McGinty | Cinematography | - | 1940 |
| 100% | 68% | Road to Singapore | Cinematography | - | 1940 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | $1,000 a Touchdown | Cinematography | - | 1939 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Disputed Passage | Cinematography | - | 1939 |
| No Score Yet | 42% | Bulldog Drummond in Africa | Cinematography | - | 1938 |
| 100% | 92% | Make Way for Tomorrow | Cinematography | - | 1937 |